The European Commission has recently published the Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) on the risks posed from the use of UVC-lamps. UV-C defines the ultraviolet radiation within the wave length range of 280 to 100 nanometres. Most people have heard of the dangers of UV-A (400 - 315 nm) and UV-B (315 - 280 nm) exposure from the sun or from sunbeds. UV-C is also produced by the sun but it is…
27th Feb 2017News Archive
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The 2016 Highlights of The Journal of Radiological Protection, as chosen by the Editorial Board, are now available to everyone. Bringing together some of the very best research published in JRP last year, the collection celebrates the quality and diversity of papers published and the articles featured span some of the most interesting areas of radiological protection. If you want to feature in the 2017 Highlights then submit your paper to…
13th Feb 2017
HSE is consulting on changes to the Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 (IRR1999), the majority of which are brought in by the implementation of the EU Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD). Consultation began on 7 February 2017 and ends on 2 April 2017. Briefly the main changes are: Dose Limit for exposure to the lens of the eye and implementation of the Directive – the Directive introduces a reduction of equivalent dose from…
9th Feb 2017